Yellowthread Street
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
In the neon-drenched, fog-shrouded backstreets of Hong Kong's fictional Bay of Yellowthread Street, a team of overworked and underfunded detectives battles a relentless tide of crime that is as bizarre as it is brutal. Yellowthread Street chronicles the chaotic daily grind of Chief Inspector Harry Feiffer and his multicultural squad — a group of flawed, weary, yet tenacious officers navigating a city where East meets West in the most volatile of ways. William Marshall's debut in what would become the celebrated Yellowthread Street series hurls readers into a world of rapid-fire casework, dark comedy, and visceral tension, setting the stage for one of crime fiction's most distinctive and underappreciated procedural series. Marshall writes with a razor-sharp wit and an unerring eye for the absurd, crafting a Hong Kong that pulses with authentic atmosphere and cultural complexity. His ensemble cast brings warmth and humanity to a narrative that never flinches from the city's darker underbelly, blending gallows humour with genuine procedural grit. A landmark work in Asian-set crime fiction, Yellowthread Street leaves the reader wondering just how Feiffer and his team will survive the next shift — let alone solve the next case.
Author: William Marshall
Format: Hardback
Genre: Crime fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
In the neon-drenched, fog-shrouded backstreets of Hong Kong's fictional Bay of Yellowthread Street, a team of overworked and underfunded detectives battles a relentless tide of crime that is as bizarre as it is brutal. Yellowthread Street chronicles the chaotic daily grind of Chief Inspector Harry Feiffer and his multicultural squad — a group of flawed, weary, yet tenacious officers navigating a city where East meets West in the most volatile of ways. William Marshall's debut in what would become the celebrated Yellowthread Street series hurls readers into a world of rapid-fire casework, dark comedy, and visceral tension, setting the stage for one of crime fiction's most distinctive and underappreciated procedural series. Marshall writes with a razor-sharp wit and an unerring eye for the absurd, crafting a Hong Kong that pulses with authentic atmosphere and cultural complexity. His ensemble cast brings warmth and humanity to a narrative that never flinches from the city's darker underbelly, blending gallows humour with genuine procedural grit. A landmark work in Asian-set crime fiction, Yellowthread Street leaves the reader wondering just how Feiffer and his team will survive the next shift — let alone solve the next case.